Streetcar Quotes Scene 5 Flashcards
“You haven’t heard any - unkind - gossip about me?”
“Have got to be seductive - put on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings, and glow” (contrasts scene 1)
“I’ve run for protection, from under one leaky roof to another leaky roof - because it was all storm”
“You’ve got to be soft and attractive. And I - I’m fading now!”
“I don’t listen to you when you are being morbid”
“with abrupt change to gaiety”
“don’t even admit your existence unless they are making love to you”
“Did it stain? / “Not a bit. Isn’t that lucky?”
“I want to deceive him enough to make him - want me.”
“I want to rest! I want to breathe quietly again”
“Steve bounds after her with goat-like screeches” (parallels)
“picks up the hand mirror”
“Virgo is the virgin”.
“I’ve got to be good and keep my hands off children”
“My Rosenkavalier!”
